Object Details
Designer
E. McKnight Kauffer, American, 1890–1954
Client
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, USA
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
At center, two elephants standing on their hind legs, wearing pink ballet tutus, with a yellow spotlight shining on them from upper left. At right, a red, white and blue, podium, upon which a ballet dancer stands with hands raised. The podium is inscribed in black text: BUY DEFENSE BONDS. At top, in white text, partially colored in yellow and blue: THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH. Below, on right, in tan text: PRESENTS 50 / FAMOUS ELEPHANTS / WITH BEAUTIFUL GIRLS; at left: IN AN ORIGINAL BALLET / COMPOSED BY IGOR STRAVINSKY / STAGED BY GEORGE BALANCHINE. At bottom in yellow and blue text: RINGLING BROS AND BARNUM & BAILEY.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer
Date
1942
Accession Number
1963-39-115-b
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Poster
Type
Poster
Medium
Lithograph on paper
Dimensions
48.9 × 70.6 cm (19 1/4 × 27 13/16 in.)
made in
USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1963-39-115-b